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I just purchased a 99 Legacy Outback 2.5 with 185k. It had a few maintenance items to fix, but it ran fine. I have driven it a whole 65 miles and when I took off from a stop light today I starting hearing this really loud banging/popping sound. I pulled into a parking lot and couldn't find anything. I limped it home about a mile away and noticed that it only happened while moving and was loud if I was accelerating and would change that way it sounded, but was still loud when decelerating. If I was coasting and giving it just a little bit of gas it would quiet down. Right close to the house it started to get really loud and shake the car violently. When I got home I noticed that the passenger side CV axle boot was ripped apart and there is some play in the axle. Will this be my only problem or should I look elsewhere while also fixing this?